Grain-binder attachment.



PATENTBD JAN. 14, 1908.

M. BROWN.

GRAIN BINDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 1907 5441) cwtoz M'ZZer Brow 77,

MILLER BROWN, OF RICHMOND, MISSOURI.

GRAIN-BINDER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan 14, 1908.

Application filed June 13.1907. Serial No. 378.780.

To a]? "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, hIILLER BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Ray and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Binder Attachments; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to new and useful improvements in. grain binder attachments. and has for its main object to provide a simple and economical device adapted to be secured in position to the platform of a grain binder and prevent the grain from falling between the space between the platform and elevating canvas and clogging or choking up the machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the grain from going up the elevating canvas headfirst.

With these objects in view, the invention. consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrai'igements of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention secured in position with so much of a grain binder as is necessary to illustrate the invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1: Fig. 3 is an edge view of a clamp constituting one of the elements of my invention: and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of an elongated bridge member, connecting rod, andv adjustable member I employ in carrying out my invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 represent, respectively, the platform and elevating canvas of a grain binder, and 3, the usual space between the platform and elevating canvas. 4 represents a clamp adapted to be adjustably mounted on the outer end bar, 5, of the platform frame, said clamp comprising a vertically disposed barengaging member 6, of preferably rectangular form adapted to be arranged on the inner face of said end bar, 5, and having a central, longitudinal recess, 7, adapted to receive the same, and a plate, 8, adapted to clamp the outer face of said bar, said plate and bar-engaging member 6, of said clamp being removably secured together by bolts and nuts, 9 and 10, respectively, or other equivalent means. This clamp may be made in different forms to adapt it to different makes or types of grain binders.

11 represents a vertically disposed adjusting member having an inwardly extending shoulder, 12, at its lower end adjustably secured to one edge of the bar-engaging member, 6, of said clamp by a bolt, or other equivalent means adapted to work through either one of a vertical series of transverse perforations or apertures, 13, in said barengaging member, and through a correspond ing transverse perforation or aperture 14 near the upper end of said adjusting member, 11. 15 represents a horizontally disposed connecting bar which is secured at one end. to the upper edge of the shoulder 12 of said adjusting member 1.1 and extends entirely across the platform canvas. By having said member 11 vertically adjustable, said connecting bar or strip 15 may be raised or lowered to cause it to rest on the platform canvas, no matter what make the machine. 16 represents an elongated bridge member which is hingedly connected in any desired manner at one end to the free end of said connecting bar or strip 1 5 and extends across the space indicated by the numeral 3 be tween the platform and elevating canvas, the other end of said bridge member being somewhat heavier than its inner or hinged end so that its weight will hold it against the ele vating canvas. Said elongated bridge member serves to bridge over the space between the platform and elevating canvas and prevent any grain from falling between the same when a stop is made or in turning a corner, and choking or clogging up the binder. Said connecting strip prevents the grain from going up the elevating canvas headfirst and may be arranged a suitable distance from the sickle by adjusting the clamp 4 on said platform bar 5. Said strip is so adjusted that the grain heads will fall thereon.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and operation of the invention may be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination With the platform and elevating canvas, of a binder, a clamp arranged on one of the frame bars of the platform and adapted to be adjusted longitudinally thereof, a connecting strip connected at one end to said clamp and extending longitudinally across the platform, and an elongated bridge member hingedly connected to the free end of said connecting strip adapted to Work against the elevating canvas.

2. In combination With the platform and elevating canvas, of a grain binder, a vertically disposed clamp adjustably arranged on one of the platform frame bars, an adjusting member secured to one edge of said clamp, a connecting strip secured at one end to said adjusting member and extending entirely across the platform, and an elongated bridge member hingedly connected to the free end of said connecting strip and adapted to Work against the elevating canvas.

3. In a grain binder attachment, the combination of a clamp comprisinga bar-engaging member having a central longitudinal recess in one face and a vertical series of transverse apertures extending therethrough, and a clamping plate removably secured to the recessed face of said bar-engaging member, an adjusting member arranged 'at one edge of said. bar-engaging member adapted to be adjusted in either one of the transverse apertures thereof, a connecting strip secured at one end to said adjusting member, and a bridge member hingedly connected to the free end of said strip.

4. An attachment for grain binders com prising a vertically disposed clamp, an adjusting member adjustably secured to one edge thereof, a horizontally disposed connectingstrip attached at one end to said adjusting member, and an elongated bridge member hingedly connected to the free end of said connecting strip.

5. In a grain binder attachment, the combination of a clamp adapted to be removably secured to one of the frame bars of a grain binder platform, an adjusting member adjustably secured to one side of said clamp, a connecting strip secured at one end to said adjusting member and ada ted to extend across the platform canvas 0 a grain binder, and an elongated bridge member hingedly connected to the free end of said connecting strip and adapted to Work against the elevating canvas of a grain binder.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MILLER BROWN.

Witnesses B. W. DUNN, R. E. BROWN. 

